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Adjective fell has 1 sense

barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
Antonym: humane (indirect, via inhumane)

Noun fell has 3 senses

hide, fell - the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
--₁ is a kind of animal skin
--₁ has particulars: cowhide; goatskin; rawhide
fell, felled seam - seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
--₂ is a kind of seam

Derived form: verb fell₃
fell - the act of felling something (as a tree)
--₃ is a kind of killing, kill, putting to death

Derived form: verb fell₁

Verb fall has 32 senses

fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
--₁ is a kind of cut; travel, go, move, locomote; cut; travel, go, move, locomote

Derived forms: noun feller₁, noun fell₃, noun faller₂, noun fall₁₁, noun fall₂, noun feller₁, noun fell₃, noun faller₂, noun fall₁₁, noun fall₂
Sample sentences:
They fell the trees
fall
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fell, drop, strike down, cut down
They fell the trees
fall
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descend, fall, go down, come down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
--₂ is a kind of elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along; travel, go, move, locomote; elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along; travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

Derived forms: noun fall₇, noun fall₇
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
descend, fall, go down, come down
The airplane is sure to fall
fly, fell, vanish
Something ----s
descend, fall, go down, come down
The airplane is sure to fall
fall - pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
--₃ is a kind of sew, run up, sew together, stitch; change state, turn; sew, run up, sew together, stitch; change state, turn

Derived forms: noun fell₂, noun fell₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
32 senses of fall
fall
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
fell
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32 senses of fall
fall
Something is ----ing PP
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Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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fall, come - come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
--₄ is a kind of be; be
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
fall, come
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
precipitate, come down, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
precipitate, come down, fall
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
fall - suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
--₆ is a kind of fail, go wrong, miscarry; fail, go wrong, miscarry

Derived forms: noun fall₈, noun fall₆, noun fall₈, noun fall₆
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
fall
Somebody ----s
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
--₇ is a kind of change magnitude; change magnitude

Derived forms: noun fall₁₂, noun fall₁₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Something ----s
fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
--₈ is a kind of die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass; die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
fall
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fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
--₉ is a kind of happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place; happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
fall, shine, strike
Something ----s something
fall - be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
--₁₀ is a kind of yield; yield

Derived forms: noun fall₈, noun fall₈
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
fall
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fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
--₁₁ is a kind of happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place; happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
--₁₂ is a kind of fall; sin, transgress, trespass; fall; sin, transgress, trespass

Derived forms: noun Fall₃, noun fall₅, noun Fall₃, noun fall₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
fall
Somebody ----s
fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
--₁₃ is a kind of leave office, quit, step down, resign; leave office, quit, step down, resign

Derived forms: noun fall₈, noun fall₆, noun fall₈, noun fall₆
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
fall
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Somebody ----s
fall - to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
fall - move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"
--₁₅ is a kind of travel, go, move, locomote; travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
fall - be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
--₁₆ is a kind of be; be
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
fall - lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"

Derived forms: noun fall₅, noun fall₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
fall
Somebody ----s
fall - to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
--₁₉ is a kind of change hands; change hands
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
accrue, fall
Something ----s somebody
fall, light - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
--₂₀ is a kind of fall, return, pass, devolve; fall, return, pass, devolve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
fall, light
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
fall, return, pass, devolve - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
--₂₁ is a kind of change hands; change hands
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
fall, return, pass, devolve
Something ----s somebody
fall - slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
--₂₂ is a kind of slope, incline, pitch; slope, incline, pitch

Derived forms: noun fall₄, noun fall₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
fall
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Something is ----ing PP
fall, fall down - lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
--₂₃ is a kind of change posture; change posture

Derived forms: noun fall₂, noun fall₁₁, noun fall₂, noun fall₁₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
fall, fall down
Somebody ----s
fall - drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
--₂₄ is a kind of change posture; change posture

Derived forms: noun fall₂, noun fall₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
fall
Somebody ----s
hang, fall, flow - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
hang, fall, flow
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
--₂₆ is a kind of change; change
Sample sentences:
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fall
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fall - be cast down; "his eyes fell"
--₂₇ is a kind of change; change
Sample sentences:
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fall
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fall - come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
--₂₈ is a kind of issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress; issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
fall - be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
--₂₉ is a kind of be born; be born
Sample sentences:
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fall
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fall - begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
--₃₀ is a kind of get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence; get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
fall
Somebody ----s PP
fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
--₃₁ is a kind of disappear, vanish, go away; disappear, vanish, go away
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
fall
Something is ----ing PP
fall, descend, settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
--₃₂ is a kind of come; come
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
fall, descend, settle
Something ----s